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Well done, very nice 
Reversing Rally - A Star Wars Cockpit Restoration Story, the final chapter -pic heavy
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Thanks, dezbaz...by the way...I never did see the pic of the amp board you bought! remember?
http://forums.arcade-museum.com/showpost.php?p=1055683&postcount=12
http://forums.arcade-museum.com/showpost.php?p=1055683&postcount=12
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Thanks, dezbaz...by the way...I never did see the pic of the amp board you bought! remember?
http://forums.arcade-museum.com/showpost.php?p=1055683&postcount=12
Hahaha I thought you would remember
I will, when I get organised (LOL)
I intend to have all my machines running one day (Bull/$#it) cough LOL hahaha
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Time to add the final update to this story which has taken far too long to complete and even longer to write about....
I tried numerous times to get the monitor converged, but was unable to get something that I was satisfied with. There was no way to get the horizontal green to lay on top of the red/blue, which I was able to converge quite nicely:
After talking to someone that worked manufacturing tubes for a living, I was convinced that I would never get it dead-on. So, I scrapped this monitor set-up and located an A63AAX01X tube, which is identical to the A62AAX00X tube originally in the cockpit Star Wars, except the corner monitor brackets on the tube are a few mm's closer (or farther?) from the front of the tube...which was surely something I could deal with.
I went through the same convergence process as before with the raster tube...and this time I was able to get the RGB converged much better; hoever, getting the color purity just right took a lot more effort in two of the four corners. Fortunately, I had some "chevron" shaped magnets that I used to be able to get the purity close enough in the 2 problem corners. This is what the CRT looks like now on the start screen -- much better converged. It really makes a difference being able to see white starts as opposed to columns of purple and green stars. It is still not perfect (especially the purity), but it is much better than before...enough so that playing it is a lot more fun that still fiddling with it. Special thanks go to kiphartzell, davespicer, don1400 for convergence help and tips. Also to bungy for letting me borrow his degaussing coil for far too long.
With the monitor converged (enough), I put it back into the cabinet and reassembled everything. I mounted a fan to blow cool air over the amplifone boards.
Time to add the final update to this story which has taken far too long to complete and even longer to write about....
I tried numerous times to get the monitor converged, but was unable to get something that I was satisfied with. There was no way to get the horizontal green to lay on top of the red/blue, which I was able to converge quite nicely:
After talking to someone that worked manufacturing tubes for a living, I was convinced that I would never get it dead-on. So, I scrapped this monitor set-up and located an A63AAX01X tube, which is identical to the A62AAX00X tube originally in the cockpit Star Wars, except the corner monitor brackets on the tube are a few mm's closer (or farther?) from the front of the tube...which was surely something I could deal with.
I went through the same convergence process as before with the raster tube...and this time I was able to get the RGB converged much better; hoever, getting the color purity just right took a lot more effort in two of the four corners. Fortunately, I had some "chevron" shaped magnets that I used to be able to get the purity close enough in the 2 problem corners. This is what the CRT looks like now on the start screen -- much better converged. It really makes a difference being able to see white starts as opposed to columns of purple and green stars.
It is still not perfect (especially the purity), but it is much better than before...enough so that playing it is a lot more fun that still fiddling with it. Special thanks go to kiphartzell, davespicer, don1400 for convergence help and tips. Also to bungy for letting me borrow his degaussing coil for far too long.
With the monitor converged (enough), I put it back into the cabinet and reassembled everything. I mounted a fan to blow cool air over the amplifone boards.
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I replaced the fluorescent starter and tube for the rear backglass and was greeted by this beautiful site on the next power-up.
I purchased and installed a SW/ESB kit from VectorLabs over at KLOV. I mounted a small Radio Shack push button into one of the plastic bezel screw holes so either game can be played with a 2 second push of this button. Credit goes to JeffC for this idea.
All that is left:
1) to replace the 4 rubber yoke stops, which have disintegrated over the years...I have replacements I scored before RAM Controls imploded. I've tried to do this, but I have a stuck screw that I have been unable to remove to get the yoke apart to complete this. Some day....
2) fiddle with the monitor to get the convergence / purity perfect?...
3) relive my childhood and play the hell out of it.
Here it is in its final resting place in my arcade:
Certainly an improvement over what I found in the wild:
I'm calling this one DONE
I purchased and installed a SW/ESB kit from VectorLabs over at KLOV. I mounted a small Radio Shack push button into one of the plastic bezel screw holes so either game can be played with a 2 second push of this button. Credit goes to JeffC for this idea.
All that is left:
1) to replace the 4 rubber yoke stops, which have disintegrated over the years...I have replacements I scored before RAM Controls imploded. I've tried to do this, but I have a stuck screw that I have been unable to remove to get the yoke apart to complete this. Some day....
2) fiddle with the monitor to get the convergence / purity perfect?...
3) relive my childhood and play the hell out of it.
Here it is in its final resting place in my arcade:
Certainly an improvement over what I found in the wild:
I'm calling this one DONE
thairoller
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That poor cab had a rough life to say the least... This is amazing. Great work!
Tighe
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WOW! Amazing job!
